Telling stories with data: more on the difference between ‘variation’ stories and ‘ranking’ angles

One of the most common challenges I encounter when teaching people the 7 most common story angles in data journalism is confusion between variation and ranking stories. It all comes down to the difference between process and product. That’s because both types of story involve ranking as a piece of data analysis. We might rank … Continue reading Telling stories with data: more on the difference between ‘variation’ stories and ‘ranking’ angles